Randa Slim
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Lebanese-American; Non Resident Senior Fellow @SAISHopkins FPI @FPI_SAIS. Formerly @wilsoncentermep @middleeastinst @ketteringfdn. These views are my own.
OH, Washington DC & Beirut
Joined February 2011
Some journalists finally entered Gaza, after over two years of war/being banned. They were escorted by the IDF. They did not see a single Palestinian. https://t.co/aNj9JZ0R9I
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NPR Mideast correspondent Daniel Estrin has entered the Gaza Strip for the first time since the war began, but Israel still requires a military escort.
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Expressing her disappointment in her peers, she says: “I’m hurt by my fellow journalists. They didn’t create pressure or raise their voices for my release. I was arrested because of my work. I hope every free journalist hears me.”
A harrowing account from imprisoned Palestianin journalist Farah Abu Ayyash has emerged: Her lawyer, Hassan Abadi, who recently visited her in Damon Prison, said that what she shared was not just a legal testimony, but a direct, personal description of the severe abuse she has
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حزب الله يعترف ان الجيش حامي البلد. شو رأيكم تسلموا سلاحكم للجيش؟
الموسوي: لا يحق أبداً لأي مسؤول أميركي كائناً من كان أن يسيء لجيشنا الوطني وقائده ودوره في حماية البلد في إطار تنفيذ الاتفاق الذي التزمه لبنان بالكامل وانتهكه العدو ويستمر في انتهاكه آلاف المرات
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Israel will never admit it, but I am confident that so many of the successes Israel has had vs. the Iranian axis is not due to Israeli genius but due to the stupidity of the men who make up the rank-and-file and commanders of these militias & Iranian regime. Having spent 903
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Inside the American base overseeing the Gaza ceasefire, which sounds very Green Zone circa 2003: "Officials with vast experience in the Middle East are sitting alongside others with none. At one point, a primer for newcomers was held on 'What is Hamas?'"
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U.S. and Israeli soldiers, foreign diplomats and aid workers are congregated in a warehouse in central Israel to talk about the future of Gaza. One key group is missing: Palestinians.
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President Nechirvan Barzani emphasized at #MEPS25 yesterday that calls for disbanding the SDF are not realistic. "In 2003, we faced a similar issue with the Americans. They told us the same thing—that everyone must join the new army. But we said that’s not practical, it’s not
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U.S. President Donald J. Trump announced tonight - following today’s meeting at the White House with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman - that the United States would be formally designating Saudi Arabia as a Major Non-NATO Ally (MNNA). Saudi Arabia is the twentieth country
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Two former Israeli prison workers testified that prisoners at Sde Teiman were kept in chains until their limbs rotted, beaten for speaking or moving, left to piss and shit on themselves, and dying so often the staff called it a “graveyard.”
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Lebanon’s health ministry says at least 13 people have been killed, and an unknown number wounded, in an Israeli airstrike on the Ain el Helweh refugee camp in the city of Saida.
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"We started a process" is the only really notable part of these remarks. Suggests *something* is in the works. FWIW Saudi has been quietly trying to get talks back up and running, and Pezeshkian sent a letter to MBS ahead of today's visit.
President Trump on Iran: "I can say I think they very badly want to make a deal. I am totally open to it, and we are talking to them, and we started a process, and it would be nice to have a deal with Iran."
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#KSA leaders should be pleased with @realDonaldTrump promises. However much will depend on what his subordinates will do with their boss’s promises post visit. Trump does not have the attention span to follow up on what his staffers do.
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BREAKING from @AP An #Israeli airstrike on a #Palestinian refugee camp in southern #Lebanon kills 11 people, Lebanese health ministry says
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So far 11 people killed just now in the latest #Israeli violation of the ceasefire they signed last November. #Lebanon
#عاجل استهداف إسرائيلي في عين الحلوة... وعدد كبير من الضحايا. https://t.co/giso1kdTXa
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This is a must read from @SynapsNetwork about the challenges facing return of #Syrian refugees to their country. “The risk, right now, is to create the opposite of a virtuous circle: a situation in which returnees face so many problems as to discourage others from following suit”
Why are so few Syrian refugees going home? Well, we asked them. https://t.co/WjbjzKOYQW
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#Tehran poured in large amounts of cash into this election. “The Asaib Ahl al-Haq faction, designated as a terrorist organisation by the #US, secured 27 seats, up from 15.” Pro-Iran camp reunites to form majority in Iraq parliament
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Iraq’s Coordination Framework said it has formed the largest bloc after the election and will nominate the next PM as pro-Iran parties expand their seats.
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Disappointed by this statement from @LebArmyOfficial. The LAF are a strategic partner, and — as I discussed with the CHOD in August — Israel has given Lebanon a real opportunity to free itself from Iran-backed Hezbollah terrorists. Instead of seizing that opportunity and
يصرّ العدو الإسرائيلي على انتهاكاته للسيادة اللبنانية، مسببًا زعزعة الاستقرار في لبنان، ومعرقلًا استكمال انتشار الجيش في الجنوب، وآخر هذه الاعتداءات المدانة استهدافه دورية لقوة الأمم المتحدة المؤقتة في لبنان - اليونيفيل بتاريخ ١٦ /١١ /٢٠٢٥. تؤكد قيادة الجيش أنها تعمل بالتنسيق مع
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وفقًا لهيئة البث، ترفض إسرائيل الانسحاب من الأراضي التي احتلتها مؤخرًا في جنوب سوريا مقابل اتفاق أمني مع دمشق، وتطالب بالحفاظ على بعض المناطق المحتلة طالما لم يتم التوصل لاتفاق سلام شامل بين الدولتين. https://t.co/jGUutF4TtM مجازر السويداء وحّدت الجمهور الإسرائيلي وراء الاشمئزاز
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בישראל מסרבים לדרישת נשיא סוריה אחמד א-שרע לנסיגה ישראלית מכל הנקודות שנכבשו על ידי צה"ל אחרי נפילתו של אסד. בישראל מתנים נסיגה כזו רק בהסכם שלום מלא, ��לא בהסכם ביטחוני
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NEW: SAUDI CROWN PRINCE RECEIVES LETTER FROM IRANIAN PRESIDENT AHEAD OF U.S. VISIT - SAUDI STATE NEWS AGENCY #SaudiArabia #Iran #Trump
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Bad statement by @LindseyGrahamSC #Lebanon
‼️‼️‼️ @LindseyGrahamSC : It is clear that the Lebanese Chief Head of Defense -- because of a refence to Israel as the enemy and his weak almost non-existent effort to disarm Hezbollah -- is a giant setback for efforts to move Lebanon forward.
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